ESPN and SEC Network star Paul Finebaum is considering leaving his job as “the voice of the SEC” and running for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, he told OutKick’s Clay Travis .
Finebaum told Travis that the Charlie Kirk assassination made him rethink his priorities. If he does indeed run for U.S. Senate he would do so as a Republican.
Paul Finebaum has been with ESPN since August of 2013. He hosts The Paul Finebaum Show Monday-Friday from 3-7 p.m. ET on the SEC Network and ESPN Radio.
The 70-year-old Finebaum hosted a show the day Kirk was shot and killed and discussed with Travis what that was like.
“I spent four hours numb talking about things that didn’t matter to me. And it kept building throughout that weekend,” Finebaum said. “I felt very empty doing what I was doing that da